First Armenian church of St. Gevork opens in SpainAugust 25, 2009 - 22:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - First Armenian Church opened in Cologne Spanish town, near Barcelona. Thanks to an agreement with the Cologne Municipality, one of the town chapels was leased to the Armenian Apostolic Church for thirty years. Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Spain were established in 1992, but there have been no Armenian church in the country. Recently, at the request of the Catholicos of All Armenians, adviser to the RA minister of Diaspora Gaspar Petrosyan met the Patriarchal Envoy to Western Europe, the Archbishop Norvan Zakaryan and discussed the future of development of the spiritual center of the Armenian community in Spain. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |